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Perhaps the root of that failure lay in the fundamental incompatibility of Marxism-Leninism with freedom. A Leninist party must assume that it is infallible; it can brook no opposition. That system, as imposed on Poland by the Soviet Union, almost seemed capable of making significant changes during the past 16 months. But the survival instincts of the party and the geopolitical realities facing Poland doomed Walesa's mission...
...deepen. Still, the stridently pro-Cuban and pro-Soviet policies of the directorate are not at all what most Nicaraguans had in mind when they welcomed the conquering guerrillas into power in 1979. Ever since then, the Sandinistas have been trying to impose some form of one-party, Marxist-Leninist rule on the country, while pluralistic forces, especially the private business community, are trying to retain free speech, a free press and the right to free assembly...
...Spanish acronym COSEP, a politically powerful association representing the country's embattled private business sector. Earlier this month the Sandinista government threatened to close down La Prensa. Last week the Sandinistas moved against COSEP. After publicly accusing the government of egregious economic mismanagement and "an undeniable Marxist-Leninist line," four leaders of COSEP were summarily arrested and jailed by Sandinista security forces. So were 22 members of the Communist Party for criticizing government economic policy. Said former Junta Member Alfonso Robelo: "The detention is one more example of the climate of horror that my country has begun to experience...
Labeling Papandreou a Marxist-Leninist, he warns: "The slogan allagi covers the most dangerous subversive efforts with a shroud of mysticism...
...Leninist Film-Truth and Enthusiasm--Friday at 8 p.m.; Carpenter Center...